The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment.

Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can't simply relax with ourselves. We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

When concentration is developed, wisdom arises. When wisdom arises, one becomes disenchanted with the five aggregates.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

The truth of suffering is not to be feared but to be understood through direct observation.

Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.

When we develop patience, we find that we develop a reserve of calm and tranquility.

Sensations are not your enemy. They are your teacher. Through observing them, you understand the truth of existence.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

The defilements of the mind are temporary visitors. Pure awareness is your true home.

Nothing can harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

The cultivation of loving-kindness is the thread that runs through all Buddhist teachings.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

Our task is not to seek for love but to find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it.

If you want to know your past life, look at your present condition. If you want to know your future life, look at your present actions.

Our defilements are like tame tigers. If you feed them, they're tame. If you stop feeding them, they'll eat you up.

The dharma is not in the books. If you want to find the dharma, look in your mind.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.

The nature of everything is empty and clear, and the mind is beyond both existence and nonexistence.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?